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Crafting Your High School Academic Portfolio: A Comprehensive Guide

This guide by Stephanie Rainey and Tonimarie Campopiano covers key elements of a strong academic portfolio, highlighting skills, abilities, and marketable qualities. Learn how to showcase samples of your work, secure testimonies and recommendations, list awards and honors, detail extracurricular activities, provide references, and outline future goals and aspirations. Prepare yourself for success post-graduation with this invaluable resource.

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Crafting Your High School Academic Portfolio: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. A Guide to Creating Your High School Academic Portfolio Written by: Stephanie Rainey and Tonimarie Campopiano

  2. Elements of a good portfolio

  3. Skills, Abilities, and Marketable Qualities: -What skills do you have? -Is there anything that you excel in? -What abilities do you have that will contribute to your future goals? contents

  4. Samples of your Work: (as an example) -Include a report. -Include a response to literature. -Include a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical). -Include a persuasive essay. -Include a reflective essay. -Include response to non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama. contents

  5. Testimonies and letters of recommendations: -Do you have any letters of recommendations from your teachers and counselors? -Are you currently employed? If so, have you received any special awards (such as employee of the month…), letters from customers, etc.. contents

  6. Awards and Honors: -Do you have any awards from school? (such as poetry contests, writing contests, art awards, scholarships.) -Do you have any honors you have received for any of your writings? -Do you have perfect attendance? -Were you on the honor roll in middle school? -Have you met standards in all academic areas? contents

  7. Extracurricular Activities: -Did you participate in any school fairs? (such as science fairs?) -Did you belong to any clubs in school? (such as the Debate Team, Math Team, Student Council, Art Club, Mentee/Mentor Club, Honors Club, Peer Counseling.) -Sports Activities? (such as baseball, basketball, soccer, track, tennis, hockey, etc…) contents

  8. References: -Do you have three to five people that will give you a reference? -How do they know you? -How long have they known you? -Does this person know your work habits? -Does this person know what your academic strengths and abilities are? -Include their full name, title, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mails. contents

  9. Goals- What are you planning to do after high school? -Where do you see yourself in five years? -What do you like to do? contents

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